Stamp containing advertising device



P 1933- c. E. PETHERBRIDGE El AL 1,927,415

STAMP CONTAINING ADVERTISING DEVICF Filed April 8, 1932 R? Y I E N m, m N N l R E n o 0 Wk a W 1r E5225 v A E z s 822.8 s n Q r 6 a 52523 a 4 fif w w 8223 O 0 QIP/ Patented Sept. 19, 1933 PATENT OFFICE f STAMP CONTAINING ADVERTISING DEV 7 Charles E. Petherbridge and Charles F. Buckland, Long Island City, N. Y.

' Application April 8, 1932. Serial No; 603,95

Claims.

are the stamps, which many people moisten on their tongues, kept in open boxes which are often dirty and dusty, but the stamps are handled by many unclean hands before the purchaser receives them.

The main object of the present invention is to remedy these conditions, first by assuring the dealer some remuneration, in the form of increased sales from advertising, for his expense and labor in selling the stamps, and secondly by '20 assuring the purchaser that the stamps are kept and dispensed in a sanitary manner.

Another object is to provide a moisture-proof container for stamps so constructed that the number of stamps it contains may be ascertained without opening it. A further object is to provide ample space for advertising purposes on the container, and a still further object is to provide a device of simple and sanitary construction, from which the stamps may be easily removed,

and which can be manufactured at a very low price.

These and other objects and advantages will be readily understood from the following description and from the accompanying drawing of pre- '35"ferred embodiments of the invention in which,

however, certain modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the container,

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the container Fig. 3 an end View,

Fig. 4 a plan view of the containerslightly modified, andv Fig. 5 end View of Fig. 4.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the device comprises a cover consisting of a front and a rear leaf 10 and 11 which are folded on the line 12. This cover is preferably made of cardboard 01- stifi paper. A piece of transparent oiled or waxed paper is folded so as to form a flat tube 13 in which a plurality of stamps 14 are inserted. This tube'is formed with a flap 15,which is folded and glued, or otherwise secured, to one of the- -leaves adjacent to the fold 12. Y

The tube is transversely perforated, as at 16. The perforations align with the perforations of the stamps contained in the tube. To assure correct alignment, the perforations in the tube are preferably made oblong, as shown, instead of co circular as on the stamps. A plurality of holes 17, corresponding to the number of stamps contained in the tube, are punched in the front cover 10. Through these holes the stamps may be seen in the transparent tube. It is evident that both sides of the leaves 10 and 11 may be imprinted with advertisements.

In Figs. 4 and 5, the stamp container 13, instead of being tubular, is channel-shaped so that an open space 18 is left on top ofthe container. In this case, the member is not perforated.

The device is employed in the following manner: the stamps are mechanically inserted in the tube 13, thus eliminating the danger of contamination from the hands of the operator. The device is sold to the retailers and here again the stamps are not exposed to dirt or contamination. The purchaser receives the. stamps in a sanitary condition and may remove one or more at a time; either by tearing off a part of the tube 13 with the stamp, as in Fig. l, or by sliding out one or more stamps as in Fig. 4, and separating it or them from the remaining stamps. In either case the remaining stamps are untouched by the hands of the user. By looking through the hole 1'? in the front cover the number of stamps remaining in the device may be readily ascertained.

While we have shown only one stamp tube in each cover, it will be understood that a plurality of such tubes may be used, either superposed one upon another or placed side by side.

From the foregoing it will be seen that this device is a simple, sanitary and inexpensive one I for dispensing stamps, and that it is admirably adapted for advertising purposes.

Having described our invention and its advantages, what we claim as new and wish to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described; a cover; a separate container hinged at one end within said cover and constructed of non-adhesive, moisture-proof material having its opposite edges folded to form a slide for holding a strip of stamps; and means for removing said stamps, one at a time from said container. 195

2. In a device of the class described; a cover;

a separate container hinged at one end within saic l cover and constructed of non-adhesive, transparent, moisture-proof material having its opposite edges folded to form a slide for hold- 110 ing a strip of stamps; means for removing said stamps, one at a time, from the said container;

and means provided in the cover for ascertaining the number of stamps in the container.

3. In a device of the class described; a cover; a plurality of separate containers hinged at one end within said cover and constructed of nonadhesive, moisture-proof material having its opposite edges folded to form a slide for holding a strip of stamps; and means for removing said stamps, one at a time, from said container.

4. In a device of the class described; a cover; a plurality of separate containers hinged at one end Within said cover and constructed of nonadhesive, transparent, moisture-proof material having its opposite edges folded 'to form a slide for holding a strip of stamps; means for removing said stamps, one at a time, from said container; and means provided in the cover for ascertaining the number of stamps in the container.

5. In a device of the class described; a cover; one or more containers hinged at one end within said cover and constructed of non-adhesive, transparent, moisture-proof material having its opposite edges folded to form a slide for holding a strip of stamps; said containers being transversely perforated; said perforations being aligned with the perforations of the stamps inserted in the containers and of a larger dimension than those of the stamps.

CHARLES E. PETHERBRIDGE. CHARLES F. BUCKLAND. 

